The essay Into the Wind appears in Shark Reef: A Literary Magazine (Issue 41 Winter 2023) (click on the link). It is a narrative about certain unusual life experiences with wind and relating those times to a recent move from rural surroundings in Mason County, Illinois, to the university town of Macomb, Illinois.
We left our country home in good hands, as this video (click on this link) by the new owner demonstrates.
A tornado moving along the Illinois River valley on Dec. 1, 2018.
Windy day at Lake Michigan, Warren Dunes, Michigan.